Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty.
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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty continued their love affair with Paris, lifting the French Open badminton crown for the second time with a dominating straight recreation win over Chinese Taipei’s Lee Jhe-Huei and Yang Po-Hsuan within the males’s doubles closing right here on Sunday.
The world No. 1 Indian pair had completed runners-up within the French Open in 2019 earlier than profitable the title in 2022.
On Sunday, the Asian Games champions outwitted Lee and Yang 21-11 21-17 in 37 minutes to regain the Super 750 match title and likewise win their first crown of the season after reaching the summit conflict for the third time in 2023.
The Indian duo had completed second finest at Malaysia Super 1000, India Super 750 this 12 months, whereas signing off as runners-up at China Masters Super 750 as nicely final 12 months.
Satwik and Chirag proved third time fortunate and their stellar present this week solely reconfirmed chief coach Pullela Gopichand’s assertion that the duo would be the favourites to win Paris Olympics gold.
